I just want to warn others about my terrible experience with Katie Peters and her Seamstress…read morebusiness.
I wasn't going to even say anything about this, but I recently saw her make a post advertising her services on Facebook and want others to be warned about her to avoid any mistreatment like I experienced.
There is some minor TMI, but it's my reality, so it is what it is.
SEAMSTRESS KATIE PETERS SEWING SERVICES
31044 Utica Rd, Fraser, MI 48026
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME!
I brought in my wedding dress to Katie to have hemmed, the top brought in and a bustle added to the back.
When first meeting Katie, she made my Mom and myself feel very uncomfortable as no one was wearing masks inside of her establishment and she does not separate her dogs from where she keeps the dresses/items she is working on. We typically do not have an issue with dogs, but were upset over the fact that my wedding dress was going to be in contact with them daily and in the same room. We decided to still go with Katie because of her wonderful reviews on Google and Facebook.
I explained to Katie upon my first visit that I have a genetic condition called, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Part of my condition causes me to have extremely fragile, loose and sagging skin which, as a woman, I'm sure you can understand what part of my body that mostly affects.
When I went in for my fitting, the cups Katie added were much too large, placed much too high and the top hadn't been taken in. The bustle hadn't been installed yet either so I called after we left and asked her to just not add it in to which she called back 2 minutes later and said, "you're not going to cheat on me and take it elsewhere are you?" This in and of itself made me feel very uncomfortable and ultimately became the deciding factor in getting my dress back from her.
My Mom went to pick up my dress that morning from her since she was already on her way to my house to watch my Daughter so I could make it to my Specialist appointment. Katie was not there and my Mom spoke to the 2 other girls that were there as they asked for feedback about the situation and they were very, very understanding. Katie still wanted to be paid $50 additional on top of the $50 deposit I had already put down to which we did pay.
Once my Mom arrived at my house, she had me try the dress on for her and the original pads for the dress were installed much too high, which was something Katie knew needed to be brought down and the top hadn't been taken in at all.
My Mom called Katie on my behalf, so I could make it to my appointment, to speak with her directly and explain to her why we decided to take the dress elsewhere and what our concerns were. This upset Katie and she said, "you better not spend much money on the wedding because she will never be happy and that money you saved can go to her divorce." Not only is this highly unprofessional, but I am disabled and have a genetic condition that causes a multitude of issues. I simply did not want to feel as though I was going to have a top malfunction or that my breasts were going to fall out underneath the cups; which is what they were doing.
Katie, at my fitting, also suggested I get sticky cups to hold my breasts up in, but I am allergic to adhesives and the sticky cups don't work for me due to the way my skin is. Overall, she just made it seem as if she didn't actually want to do what was being asked of her.
ONE day. ONE very special day, I want to feel beautiful and not have to worry about the things my disability and it's comorbidities cause.
The new seamstress I brought my dress to confirmed that the work Katie claimed to have done to the top was not actually done and she had just placed MASSIVE cups in it to make it seem as if she did; which we already knew.
I am very disappointed and quite appalled by my experience with Katie.
My dress now fits perfectly and I couldn't be any more pleased with the results!
She has since gone on to harass me by messaging me from multiple accounts, calling me more than once through Instagram Messenger, lied and said I was unable to afford my alterations, sent people to harass me, wished violence on myself/children and wished cancer on myself as well.
I hope, throughout all of this, that she treats future clients better, does the work she is asked of, listens to her customers and overall heals from whatever is hurting her so deeply so these things don't happen again.
